The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1887-08-19

and their assistants. From Peoria also came
Doctors Martin, Baker, Flagloere and John
son, and from every city whence the
| unfortunate eXcursionigts had come from
their physicians and friends hurried on to
help them From Peoria had also came del
egations of the Redmen and the Ancient
Order of United Workmen, a number of both
societies being on the i'll fated train, and so
| after o'clock in tho morning there were
| plenty of people to do the work that needed
such prompt attention. In the town hall
was the main hospital, and in 1t anxious rel
| atives and sorrowing friends sat and, fan
ming gently the sufferers faces, Queried the
! attending surgeons us they bound up the
wounds, and insisted that there must be
| hope Downin
TIE DEAD HOUSES,
| fathers, husbands, brothers, sisters wives
and children tea1fully inspected each face us
| it was uncovered, and sighed rs the features
were unknown, or cried out in..angush when
| the well remembered face, sometimes fear
| fully mangled but yet recognizable, was un-
| covered. The entire capacity of the little
| village was taxed, and kind hearted women
| drove in from miles to give their gentle min
| istrations to the sufferers. No sooner had
| the wreck occurred than scene of robbery
| began. band of mscrcunts, heartlcss
| and with only criminal instincts was on
hand, and like the guerrillas who throug II
| battle field the night after conflict and
| filch from the dead the money which they
received for their meager pay, stealing even
the bronze medals, and robbing from the
children Of the heroes and other worthless
emb!ems of their fathers bravery, so last
night did the human hyenas plunder the
dcad from this terrible accident, and
take even the shoes which covered their feet.
| Who these wretches are is not known
| Whether they We're n band of pickpockets
| who accompanied the train, or some
robber gang who were lurking in the vicin-
| ity cannot be said. The horrible suspicion
exists, and there are many who give it cred
| ence. tnat the accident was deliberately
planned case of train wreoking that the
| bridge was set on fire by miscreants who
hoped to seize the opportunity offered, and
the fact that tho bridge was so far consumed
| at the time the train came along, and the
added fact that the train was IN hour and a
half late, are pointed out MS evidence of n
careful conspiracy. 1t seems hardly possible
that man could be SO lost to all the ordinary
feelings which animatcs the bascst OF the
human race, but still men who will rob dead
men; who will
| STEAL. FROM THE DYING
| and will plunder iiie wounded held down
| by tho brok0n beams of wrecked car.
whose death by fire seemed imminent,
can do most anything which is base,
and that liz what these tiends in human form
Gid. They went into the cars when the fire
was burning tiercely underneath, and when
| the poor wrctches who were pinned there
| begged them "For Gods sake" to help them
ont, stripped them of their watches and jew
elry and searched their pockets for money.
| When the dead bodies were laid out in
tine corn fields these hyenas turned them over
in their search for valuables, and that the
piundcr was done by an organized gang was
proven by the fact that this morning out in
the corntield sixteen purses,.a all empty, We're
found in one heap. 1T was ghastiy pundcr-
ing, and had the plunderers been caught
1his afternoon they would surely have been
lynched. There was one incident of the &C
cident which stood out more horrible than
all of these horrible scenes. In the second
coach were man. his wife md little child
His name could not be learned to o-day, but
it is said he got on at Peoria When the nc
cldcnt occurred the entire family of three
was caught and held dgwn by broken wood
turned to the friendly aid aid feebly said
"Take out my wife first I'm afraid the child
is dead" So they carried out The mother
and as IL broken seat was taken of
her crushed breast the blood which
wcllcd from her lips told how badly
she was hurt They carried the child
fair haired, buc-eycd girl of three-and laG
her in the corn field dead, along side of hel
dying mother, Then they went back for th,
father and brought him out Both his leg
were broken. but he crawled through the
corn to th, side Of his wife and, feeling he1
, loved features in the darkness. pressed somt
brandy to her lips and asked her how sht
) felt. feeble groa1 was
THE ONLY ANSWER.
and the next instant she died The man fel
the forms Of his dead wife and child an,
t cried out, eMy God there is nothing NOR
for me to live for now and taking n pisto
out of his pocket, pulled the trigger. Th
bullet went surely through his brain, and TIL
9 three dead bodies of that little family ar
, now lying side by side in Chatswor,h watin!
> to be identified. About 5 o'clock the re
! porter was driven out to TIL
wreck. The driveway led along tn
, left of the railroad aud t.
the south os the road wa
D an old fashioned Usage orange hedge Ih
j, road was very muddy and full! of chuck holes
. A stream of humanity was pouring in fron
l the wreck. Some had checks in their hat
Q and carried valses They were EVIDENT
9 passengers on the ill-futcd train. Countr
!, boys and girls came along swinging hand
and talking in low tones about the terribl
disaster. A photographer dragged hi
u weary limbs along the track II
was carrying a camera and 10
: of negatives The roadbed was almos
y level, Just n little grade running up to TIL
L wreck at raise Of ten or fifteen feet to uh
: mile About two or three miles from TIL
town on little raise was the debris of til
wreck. The sleeping car "Tunis" was at th
3 end of the train. 1t was lacked in the ail
= supported by the trestles. Tho front end {
the car was directly over the place wher
! the bridge stood. To the right lay coac
ell
/ BROKEN INTO KIND1ING WOOD,
y and directly on the road was piled up whit
G was left OF six or seven coaches, turne
o bottom side up, and broken beyond recos
: milton. Across the track in front of the pill
II OF debris was Il coach lying crosswse, wa
3, up at least ten feet In the air. Beyond wer
& the two tenders and one engine. One ter
o der was to the left of the track and TIL
e other to the right They were turne
+, bottom side up and rent nssunder. The engir
C was scarcely recognizable. On the sid
n of the cab was the ill-starred number sl3
IL Only Il big pane of glass marked "l3"
q the hedge were hats. shoes, aud all mannt
u of wearing apparel, broken lanterns an
seats from the cars 1t was an awful sigh
u Hats of men and women, broken and scare
with blood, coats reeking with gore, III
~ ladies' underwear smeared with life-tu
u 1t was plain to be seen from the looks of I'll
y baggage that the travellers were we'll to {
e people. There was
. AN INCIDENT
in the affair which was not only remarkab
in its way, but shows how terribly these s
ls coaches were jammed and mashed togetho
t, When the accident occurred Andy Moon.
h of Peoria and Conductor Stillwell, who W
n in charge of the train, were three cars fro
II each other. Mooney was in the second C
10 and Stllwell in the fifth. The next insta
1 they found themselves literally in ea'
lie others arms. the car in which the conduct
IN was riding having been carried over the ty
nj in front and dropped on ton